A State of the Art on Railway Simulation Modelling Software Packages and Their Application to Designing Baggage Transfer Services

Abstract

There is a new baggage transfer service suggested in Newcastle Central Station. In order to prove that this service is feasible, a simulation model can be developed to test the concept and operating pattern behind. For the purposes of this paper, we intend to organize a literature review on simulation modelling software packages employed to study service design. Specifically, this paper has compared five different simulation software packages used by the railway industry to study service-related challenges. As a result, it is suggested that SIMUL8, a macroscopic discrete event-based software package, should be used among the five compared ones because of its simplicity and the ability to give practical results for the design and performance of such a baggage transfer system.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78544-8_7
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > School of Infrastructure and Sustainable Engineering > Engineering Systems and Supply Chain Management
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Urban Technology and the Environment (ASTUTE)
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Additional Information: Publisher Copyright: © 2019, Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature.
Event Title: RailExchange 2017
Event Type: Other
Event Dates: 2017-10-04 - 2017-10-06
Uncontrolled Keywords: Baggage handling,Event-based simulation modelling,Railways,Energy (miscellaneous),Automotive Engineering,Control and Systems Engineering,Transportation
ISBN: 978-3-319-78543-1, 978-3-319-78544-8
Last Modified: 20 Mar 2024 08:07
Date Deposited: 11 Mar 2019 11:39
Full Text Link: https://eprint. ... 2ED68A08905.pdf
Related URLs: http://link.spr ... 3-319-78544-8_7 (Publisher URL)
PURE Output Type: Conference contribution
Published Date: 2018-06-20
Accepted Date: 2017-10-01
Authors: Yeung, Ho Ki
Marinov, Marin (ORCID Profile 0000-0003-1449-7436)

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